Saturday, August 29, 2020

COLOMBIAN AUTHORITIES NAB $1.2 MILLION SUB HAULING $18 MILLION WORTH OF COCAINE

Submarine loaded with $18 million worth of cocaine purchased by Jalisco New Generation Cartel is intercepted by Colombian authorities

 

By Adry Torres

 

Daily Mail

August 28, 2020

 

Colombian authorities intercepted a narco-submarine transporting $18 million worth of cocaine for Mexico's fastest-growing cartel.

The massive drug bust was made 52 miles off the Pacific coast city of Tumaco on Sunday and netted the arrest of three individuals who were manning the submarine.

According to the National Defense Ministry, the submarine is valued at $1.2 million and has sufficient space to transport up to three tons of cocaine. 

The vessel was also equipped with a special satellite navigation system that programmed its arrival in Jalisco, Mexico, in the first week of September.

Intelligence reports revealed the shipment had been arranged by the Grupos Armados Organizados Residuales E-30 [Residual Organized Armed Groups], considered one of the most dangerous criminal syndicates in Colombia with links to murders and kidnappings in the provinces of Nariño and Cauca. 

The group had entered an agreement to sell 1,055 kilos of cocaine to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of the most powerful criminal organizations in Mexico, and drop off the delivery in Costa Careyes, an exclusive resort town off the Pacific Ocean.

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel's influence rivals that of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán old Sinaloa Cartel, which is now operated by his sons, the organization's co-founder Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, and Rafael Caro Quintero.

The Jalisco network is led by Nemesio 'El Mencho' Oseguera, for whom the Drug Enforcement Agency is offering a $10million reward for information leading to his capture.

His cartel has a presence in 24 of 32 states in Mexico and has shipped cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and fentanyl-laced heroin to the United States.

The Colombian narco submarine seizure comes nine months after Spanish authorities intercepted a vessel with $121million worth of cocaine following a week-long, 4,800-mile voyage.

EDITOR'S NOTE: A significant victory in the war on drugs.  

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